• Jane de Leon in shock about her biggest break as ‘Darna’
• The announcement was made by ABS-CBN Films’ managing director Olivia Lamasan

ABS-CBN Films’ announcement of the new ‘Darna’ united Kapamilya and Kapuso celebrities and their fans. Right after the big announcement, netizens and celebrities flocked to Jane de Leon’s social media accounts and congratulated the newest ‘Darna’ after Liza Soberano had to drop the project due to a finger injury.

Her followers gradually grew on social media. In fact, her Instagram went from having more than 700k followers to over 927k and her first post after the announcement immediately got 114,173 likes and more than 5k comments as of this writing.

The first two ‘Darna’ choices Angel Locsin and Liza Soberano were happy with the outcome of the audition.

Celebrities like Maymay Entrata, Darren Espanto, Elisse Joson, Iñigo Pascual, Michelle Vito, Jolina Magdangal, Hero Angeles, Kitkat, JC Alcantara, Yam Concepcion and Sandra Aguinaldo made congratulatory comments on De Leon’s now-verified Instagram account.

ABS-CBN Board Member and Chief Content Officer Charo Santos-Concio meanwhile gave de Leon a message to ponder on, “Congratulations to our new DARNA, @imjanedeleon ❤️ Stay grounded as you fly high 🥰”

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Jane’s GirlTrends friends Chie Filomeno, Mica Javier, Mikee Agustin and Joana Jane Hipolito congratulated her as well.

Even Kapuso stars Ysabel Ortega, Megan Young, Barbara Miguel, Elia Iliano, Bryce Eusebio, Ana de Leon, and Lexi Gonzales approved of the new Darna’

Meanwhile, De Leon wrote on Instagram following the news and teased her followers that she will begin working on her new project “soon.” “MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT PO SA TIWALA!”

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MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT PO SA TIWALA! Pangako po na pagtratrabahuhan ko po ito at ibibigay ko ang lahat. 🙏🏻❤️ #Narda #DARNA #SOON

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Directed by Jerrold Tarog, Star Cinema’s Darna is slated for release in 2020.

• ABS-CBN shared the remaining plans for 2018 at the recent Front Row Experience event.
• Notable announcements are the comeback of Pinoy Big Brother and JoshLia’s first-ever teleserye.
• The Network also shared the recent achievements when it terms of digital media.

ABS-CBN shared the 2018 plans at the recent The Front Row Experience trade event on August 2 at the Marriott Hotel.

The Network is giving aspiring stars a chance to fulfill their dreams by holding Star Hunt, a grand audition show to look for the next big Kapamilya star.

Popular reality show Pinoy Big Brother is set to make a comeback as well as an original game show, The Kid’s Choice, that focuses on the judge’s panel which is made up of kids.

As for the Primetime Bida, Halik starring Jericho Rosales, Sam Milby, Yen Santos, and Yam Concepcion, will premiere on August 13. Julia Baretto and Joshua Garcia is set to star in their very first teleserye titled Ngayon at Kailanman. Playhouse will also air this year starring Angelica Panganiban and Zanjoe Marudo, as well as Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo‘s Starla.

ABS-CBN also acquired the rights to air Meteor Garden 2018 starting on August 20.

Attendees of the event also got a sneak peek of Star Cinema’s The Hows of Us starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, and Exes Baggage that stars ex-lovers Angelica Panganiban and Carlo Aquino.

On the other hand, the Network’s recent milestones include the addition of five new channels in the ABS-CBN TVplus and their YouTube Channel surpassing 10 million subscribers.

Have you lived enough? Have you loved enough?

You may want to ask yourselves these questions and ponder about life, relationship and death once ABS-CBN’s upcoming primetime romantic drama series “Pure Love” airs this July.

“Pure Love” is the local adaptation of the much appreciated 2011 Korean TV series “49 Days,” which will give prominence on true love and strong ties that bind a Filipino family.

Starring Alex Gonzaga and Yen Santos, it follows the story of Diane (Alex), an outgoing and well-to-do girl who seems to have almost everything in her life; and Ysabel (Yen), an typical working girl who chose to lead a ‘lifeless’ life ever since her boyfriend died.

Directed by Veronica Velasco and Mikey Del Rosario, “Pure Love” will also stars Arron Villaflor, Arjo Atayde, Joseph Marco, Matt Evans, Yam Concepcion and introducing Anna Luna. Rounding off the cast are Sunshine Cruz, John Arcilla, Ana Capri, Bart Guingona, Dante Ponce, Shey Bustamante.

Don’t miss the premiere of the newest Kapamilya romantic drama series, “Pure Love” this July 7 before “TV Patrol” on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. For more updates, log on to ABS-CBN.com, follow @PureLovePH on Twitter, and ‘like’ the show’s official Facebook page at Facebook.com/purelovetheofficial.